Small Law Department and Employment and Labor Forums: Is Your Employee Handbook Your Ally or Your Albatross?

Presented by Anessa Abrams and Nancy Van der Veer Holt of FordHarrison; and Patrick Samsel, Corporate Counsel, Fors Marsh Group.Is your employee handbook up to date? Does it contain the policies you need, and omit the policies you don’t? If not, you could be putting your company at risk. Bring along your handbook and join FordHarrison attorneys Anessa Abrams and Nancy Holt and Patrick Samsel of Fors Marsh Group for a practical look at employee handbooks. Topics will include the NLRB's recent rulings on non-union employers' handbooks in the areas of confidentiality, social media, email use and at-will employment, among others. Also discussed will be the EEOC's position and recent state developments concerning medical leave, "no-fault" attendance policies, and accommodation issues, as well as dress code and gender transition policies in light of recent federal litigation and EEOC precedent.